This workshop is for you if: • You want to stop hating yourself every time you overeat • You want to quit yo-yo dieting • You want to stop struggling with food and your body • You want to fit into your clothes • You want to stop waiting for your life to begin once you get "thin" At this powerful workshop, you will: • Discover how to get off the diet/binge rollercoaster and start a healthy relationship with food and your feelings • Transform self-sabotage into self-care • Learn how to truly satis …

Food addiction manifests itself in the uncontrollable craving for excess food that follows the ingestion of refined carbohydrates, primarily sugar and flour substances that are quickly metabolized and turned into sugar in the bloodstream. Due to those uncontrollable cravings, a food addict's quality of life deteriorates when he or she eats sugar, flour or wheat. It can deteriorate physically, emotionally, socially and/or spiritually. Food Addicts Anonymous is an organization that believes …

Dining and Socializing, a PERFECT combination! Let's EAT!  A dining and social club based in the South Bay focusing on friendly, social and HUNGRY people in their 30s and 40s     meeting (or is that EATing) in Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, El Segundo and Palos Verdes   Don't feel like cooking tonight? Or cant because your fridge is empty? Dont feel like doing take-out AGAIN? Feel like going out to eat, but don't want to do it alone? Curious about that restaur …

If American diet trends continue, it is predicted that by the year 2015, 2 in every 5 adults will be obese. Hundreds of nutritional studies have demonstrated a strong and undeniable link between malnourishment and chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes, Heart Disease, and Cancer. By providing our members with the opportunity to attend FREE nutrition lectures in addition to special diet cooking classes, healthy eating store tours, fitness assessments, a nutrition book club, and consultations w …

This is a support group for men and women who are ready to stop yo-yo dieting, to get to the root of why they are overeating and who learn about a natural way to lose weight -- without dieting.  Meetings are held every Tuesday evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in my Long Beach home. I ask for a donation of $10 but NO ONE is turned away for lack of funds. I will send out my address to all YES RSVPers. I lost 50 pounds and have kept it off for seven years. I didn't lose it on a diet. I lost it by learni …

Ni Hao! This meetup group provides an environment for adult and kids who are interested in learning more about Chinese language and culture. Every meetup, you can expect a lot of "TALKing" in Chinese, "EATing" (gotta have good food) and learning through "PLAYing". Most of the activities will be conversational and task based. We want our Chinese enthusiasts to have the first hand in experiencing the FUN of learning Chinese! Different ages, levels, and ethnicities are welcomed. Come to learn with …

If American diet trends continue, it is predicted that by the year 2015, 2 in every 5 adults will be obese. Hundreds of nutritional studies have demonstrated a strong and undeniable link between malnourishment and chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes, Heart Disease, and Cancer. By providing our members with the opportunity to attend FREE nutrition lectures in addition to special diet cooking classes, healthy eating store tours, fitness assessments, a nutrition book club, and consultations w …

The Eat - Play - Chat : Asian Club has a simple mission - connects South Bay and Westside, Los Angeles Asian American Professionals through different activities to expand their networks and develop friendships.    [ Asian Fusion ]  \??-zh?n ?fyü-zh?n\   Club Definition : Asian façade with a mixed of Asian and American flavor.   Q. Are you an Asian Fusion Professional who lives and/or works in South Bay – Westside in Los Angeles? Q. Is your fast paced life slowing you down from mee …

  Dear Veggie Fonders, It has been over ten years since I became a vegetarian. Little did I know that the decision I made to become a veggie back in September 2001 would change my life for a better start. I did it solely was out of respect for all living beings. And guess what?  This veggie diet has completely cured my stomachache occurred since I was a teenager, decreased my doctor visits drastically, and made me a healthy and energetic person that my friend calls me an energetic bunny!   A …

This is a community for active and aspiring cooks to share their recipes, cooking tips and instructions, and home-made creations with each other. Because this is a COOKING club, we will cook and not simply eat (although eating is a major component of our activities). Anyone can put food in their mouth and then declare the dish/restaurant as excellent, mediocre, or sub-par, but can you produce (or reproduce) edible dishes yourself? If not, would you like to learn how to do so? Anyone can eat, but …

The intent of this group is to keep people informed about the roaming "No Meat & Mingle" vegan potlucks and sometimes other vegan gathering in or near Los Angeles county.  The "No Meat & Mingle" vegan potlucks are a great place for open hearted people to come together in community and share conversation and great vegan food, and to learn about veganism.  All people who are respectful to other people are encouraged to attend (you need not be vegan). The "No Meat & Mingle"  potlucks are raw friend …

As a hypnotherapist I found that changing human Behavior is not always the solution; that deeply held Beliefs and Anger must be approached by other means. In my behavioral studies I found that all mammals (including humans) have a brain that was not discovered until 1975; called the Vagal Enteric Brain. It is a totally independent nervous system, so no amount of hypnosis or meditation will relieve the built up tension. It has no thought process but it does affect our mood, greatly. Individuals w …

This group is set up for Empowerment. To bring women together who wish to support one another in their goal in achieving a higher state of health and well-being by way of nutrition and lifestyle. Need to loose weight?   Need to feel better? If you are OVERWEIGHT, rundown, unhappy, anxious this group is for you. This group is to meet weekly and will be introduced to guidelines by Joel Furhman, M.D., Mehmet Oz M.D. and Paul McKenna. Eat to Live and understand the importance of Micro-nutrients and …

So you cook? or maybe you just Need to cook? Love to Eat ! We are here to share ideas, recipes, food, restaurants and good company.

Let's meet for dinner and explore restaurants in and near Downtown LA, from cheap, ethnic eats to upscale with a view.

This is the offical Meet Up of the AHA of Greater Los Angeles. If you are interested in cardiovascular health, living better, eating better, living longer (and yes looking good!) then join us!! We invite you to special events, tell you about opportunites to volunteer in your community and give you tips on how you and your family and friends can live healthier longer lives. We welcome heart and stroke survivors and their families to join us as well.